Synonyms of golden

golden

adjective

ˈgōl-dən 

1

as in bright

having qualities which inspire hope

this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bright
• promising
• optimistic
• rosy
• auspicious
• hopeful
• propitious
• roseate
• fair
• likely
• rose-colored
• encouraging
• upbeat
• heartening
• good
• positive
• favorable
• reassuring
• soothing
• comforting
• confident
• decisive
• sure
• doubtless
• cheering
• bullish
• assured
• unhesitating
• beamish
• eupeptic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark
• desperate
• gloomy
• unlikely
• dismal
• bleak
• dreary
• hopeless
• depressing
• pessimistic
• discouraging
• inauspicious
• unpromising
• cheerless
• disheartening
• uncertain
• negative
• dubious
• gray
• unpropitious
• doubtful
• comfortless
• downbeat
• unfavorable
• grim
• unencouraging
• bearish
• miserable
• wretched
• glum
• funereal

2

as in round

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

sang in a golden alto that filled the concert hall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• round
• ringing
• vibrant
• mellow
• resonant
• sonorous
• rotund
• deep
• reverberant
• powerful
• loud
• reverberative
• rich
• resounding
• reverberating
• plangent
• orotund
• mellifluous
• full
• thunderous
• thundering
• plummy
• mellifluent
• stentorian

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hollow
• soft
• cavernous
• low
• weak
• faint
• thin
• muted
• smothered
• murmurous
• tinny

3

as in thriving

marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically

the golden age of industrialization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thriving
• prosperous
• successful
• booming
• prospering
• halcyon
• wealthy
• roaring
• healthy
• flourishing
• palmy
• lush
• rich
• affluent
• opulent
• boomy
• substantial
• moneyed
• well-to-do
• comfortable
• well-off
• well-heeled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unsuccessful
• dying
• depressed
• failing
• languishing
• unprosperous
• declining
• struggling
• bankrupt
• insolvent
• floundering
• bankrupted

4

as in blond

of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color

a golden Labrador

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blond
• tawny
• sandy
• flaxen
• straw
• white
• gold
• fair
• ocherous
• blondish
• strawberry blonde
• towheaded
• light
• ash-blond

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brown
• olive
• dark
• swarthy
• swart
• black
• brunet
• ebony
• raven
• black-a-vised

5

as in promising

pointing toward a happy outcome

that new job is a golden opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promising
• bright
• favorable
• encouraging
• happy
• hopeful
• lucky
• auspicious
• propitious
• fortunate
• beneficial
• heartening
• profitable
• prosperous
• advantageous
• fortuitous
• providential
• salutary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dim
• unfavorable
• hopeless
• inauspicious
• discouraging
• unpromising
• unpropitious
• unfortunate
• unhappy
• disheartening
• unlucky
• fatal
• dark
• disastrous
• catastrophic
• futureless
• ruinous
• calamitous
• sinister
• ominous
• gloomy
• ill
• baleful
• menacing
• threatening
• portentous
• dire
• foreboding
• direful
• minatory
• ill-boding
• doomy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of golden

Archie looked off into the distance to see the golden sunset. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

This reflective occasion is illustrated in a pair of bright images, a landscape of sturdy trees studded with golden leaves. — Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 23 July 2026

Ben Affleck would very much like a side of golden arches to go along with his pair of gilded Oscars, thank you very much! — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

Carefully turn and cook, spooning butter over, until second side is golden brown and fish is cooked through, about 3 minutes. — Alexia Duchêne, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 July 2026

Phrases Containing golden

• golden age
• golden mean